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Technology

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Mapping affordable housing, crime or development in your Philadelphia neighborhood? Two new tools have you covered.

8 years ago

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Lifestyle

How you’re tracked online — and what you can do about it

Though Facebook gets the attention it's far from alone in collecting massive amounts of data on you.

8 years ago

In this 2018 photo provided by Gonzalo Mórtola, the Russian research vessel Yantar is shown docked in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Russian ships are skulking around underwater communications cables, worrying the U.S. and its allies the Kremlin might be taking information warfare to new depths. (Gonzalo Mórtola via AP)
Politics & Policy

Could enemies sabotage undersea cables linking the world?

Russian ships are skulking around underwater communications cables, causing the U.S. and its allies to worry the Kremlin might be taking information warfare to new depths.

8 years ago

A group of taxicab companies hoped the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit would rule that Uber was violating anti-trust laws by flooding the market with drivers. Instead, the panel sided with Uber. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly taxicab drivers down, but not out, after losing federal appeal against Uber

Despite taking a bruising legal hit in federal court this week, some Philadelphia cabbies say they’re not worried ride-hailing companies like Uber will drive them out of town.

8 years ago

Companies such as Playboy and Space X have deleted their official Facebook pages amid the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The social media giant is losing more than just profiles: Its market value has decreased by $80 billion. (Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Facebook down $80 billion in market value; Playboy, SpaceX, Tesla hit delete

The #DeleteFacebook movement is putting its money where its mouth is.

8 years ago

This June 21, 2017, file photo shows Adobe software displayed at a store in Hialeah, Fla. A new service aims to help marketers follow you around by linking discrete activities online, such as visiting Subway’s website on a computer and checking the NFL’s app on a phone. Adobe announced the new initiative Wednesday, March 28, 2018. (Alan Diaz/AP Photo, File)
Community

New service aims to follow users across multiple devices

Some 60 companies including such leading brands as Subway, Sprint and the NFL are joining forces to help each other follow you around online.

8 years ago



Tucked deep within a 2,300-page congressional spending bill is a provision that will likely make a Supreme Court case on tech privacy moot. (Damian Dovarganes/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

A needle in a legal haystack could sink a major Supreme Court privacy case

Can a U.S. technology company can refuse to honor a court-ordered U.S. search warrant seeking information that is stored at a facility outside the United States.

8 years ago

Facebook announced a redesign of its privacy tools as it comes under criticism for the handling of users' data. (Facebook/AP)
NPR
Community

Facebook changes privacy controls as criticism escalates

The changes make it easier for users to see what information they've shared, delete certain personal information and control ads that they see.

8 years ago

(Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

DOJ watchdog: FBI could have tried harder to hack iPhone

The report says communication failures among FBI officials delayed the search for a solution.

8 years ago

Christo Rey student Monica Kpedenou demonstrates her program for monitor Jared Boyd during a timed test.
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

From light bulbs to drones, a new curriculum takes flight in North Philly school

A Catholic school in North Philadelphia, is piloting a curriculum that will turn students into literal pilots. Drone pilots, that is.

8 years ago

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More than 50 students at Alfred G. Waters Middle School near Middletown participate in the Girls Who Code club. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Coding club creates tech aspirations at Middletown school

The tiny toy robots look a little like the ghosts from the old PacMan arcade game. But the little devices called Ozobots are helping stud ...

8 years ago

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Mary Guedon of the group Raging Grannies holds a sign as she protests in 2010 outside of the Facebook headquarters in California. Privacy advocates say it's too difficult to fully protect your privacy on Facebook.
(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Is it even possible to protect your privacy on Facebook?

There are a few things you can do. Let's start with apps.

8 years ago

SpaceX founder Elon Musk has become the latest tech billionaire to jump on #DeleteFacebook movement. (John Raoux/AP)
NPR
Community

Elon Musk to Facebook: Mmm … k, bye

There is no greater burn than pretending you've never heard of something when that thing has 2.2 billion monthly active users.

8 years ago

This image released by the FBI is the wanted posted for 9 Iranians that took part in a government-sponsored hacking scheme that pilfered sensitive information from hundreds of universities, private companies and government agencies. (FBI via AP)
Courts & Law

DOJ charges 9 Iranians in massive hacking scheme

The Justice Department said the hackers were affiliated with an Iranian company called the Mabna Institute, which prosecutors say contracted with the Iranian government.

8 years ago

June Rodgers, of Millville, New Jersey, sued former Gov. Chris Christie and other state officials after her son was allegedly murdered by a man released under the state’s new bail system. (Angela Gervasi for WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Mother of slain N.J. man blames computer program for his shooting

In New Jersey, there’s a bail algorithm designed to recommend whether you sit behind bars or walk free until your trial. The state’s court system recently abandoned cash bail.

8 years ago

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